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[...] complex options. Beginner users may wish to look over Part 3 of the How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop, and get a basic primer on using Layers. New: The sub menu here allows creation of new [...]

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For artistic readers, Photoshop offers digital painting options few other painting or photomanipulation programs can equal. Whether you want to draw f [...]

As one of the hallmark features of Photoshop, Layers are the foundation of learning good photo editing techniques. In this article, we’ll go through [...]

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[...] tool to move our selection around. New layers can be created by clicking the  button in the Layers panel. You can also press  for a blank layer. You can think of these layers as entirely new image [...]

[...] Masks here at How-To Geek. Group Layers/Hide Layers: Multiple layers can be selected in the layers panel, and grouped or hidden here. This instance of “Group” bundles selected layers, rather than [...]

[...] separate layers above or below. Layers can be copied and masked, among other things. Adjustment layers are also  created and managed in this panel. Layers can be stacked on top of one another, [...]

[...] can move your adjustment layers to affect the layers below it. I have my text above my Sepia Adjustment Layer, keeping it [...]

[...] again. See Part 3 of the How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop to learn more about Adjustment layers. Layer Mask/Vector Mask: Tools for “masking” or hiding part or all of active layers. [...]

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[...] to the hardware, and do much of the control and data access. In a sense, they are what the operating system essentially is. Therefore, it is very important that you update them as well. Now while it [...]

[...] that allows users to directly communicate with the kernel, the very core of an operating system. The shell can have either a graphical or command-line interface (read: text input), [...]

[...] edit your stock Workspaces to fit your liking later. Click the  to bring up the contextual menu. Create a “New Workspace” and name it anything you like. Use your own name, or [...]

[...] allows you to pick and edit your foreground and background colors without opening the color contextual menu. You can adjust your Red, Green, and Blue values from 0 to 255. Higher values will give you [...]

[...] without disturbing other layers. Layers also have “Blending Options,” as illustrated in the contextual menu here. Right click on any of the layers in your layers panel to open this menu. Blending [...]

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[...] on File -> Save Windows Settings before you get started so you can always restore the default settings. Beyond applications and software, you can also tweak some of Windows standard components, [...]

[...] most of them are either very intuitive like the General Settings or will just be left on the default settings. However, the Discussions area has some important options that you will set according to [...]

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